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The Future of Jobs

Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Report that analyses data from the World Economic Forum in order to give a first perspective of the changes that lie ahead. It is divided into two parts

  • Part 1: Preparing for the workforce of the fourth industrial revolution
  • Part 2: Industry, regional and gender gap profiles

The future of employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerisation?

Article written by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborneb in 2017 which explores the susceptibility of jobs to computerisation. The investigation is based on US labour market outcomes and it analyses the quantity of jobs that are at risk.

Complete article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162516302244

"Buy, throw, buy"

Documentary directed by Cosima Dannoritzer that explains why the products we buy last less and less, detailing the programming of the obsolescence of objects to increase consumption.

Access to the documentary: https://www.rtve.es/television/documentales/comprar-tirar-comprar/

The electronic tragedy

"The electronic tragedy" is a documentary that reveals how, every year, developed countries produce up to 50 million tons of electronic waste: computers, televisions, mobile phones, household appliances. About 75% of this waste disappears from the official recycling circuits and a good part of it is illegally exported to dumps in the Third World. It is a world trade fueled by greed and corruption.


The Story of Stuff

The history of "The Story of Stuff project" started with a documentary published in 2007 regarding the current "consumption-crazed culture" called "The Story of Stuff". Nowadays, the project carries out different activities such as the creation of videos, the organization of information campaigns on specific topics, questionnaires, among others, in order to create a positive impact on its online community through its website: https://www.storyofstuff.org/

The first documentary "The Story of Stuff" can be watched on YouTube:

COLTAN: Science and society

This website cluster information about coltan, its aplications and problems and conflicts related to the mineral. News, videos and articles are published in the website to raise awereness about the reality of this mineral.

More information: http://tierra.rediris.es/coltan/